scup
1 synonym for scup, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A widespread sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found in temperate Atlantic coastal waters of North America; also called the porgy.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Shortened form of Narragansett mishcùp (“porgy”) or its plural mishcùppaûog. The singular was also borrowed as mishcup, while another shortening of the plural yields the synonym paugie. The word was also borrowed as scuppaug.
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